1 Ipapo Jobe kashandula eti,
2 “Teedzani mu bhulutane matama angu,
etjo nditjo koga tjingabe nyaladzo yangu.
3 Musindinyalile moyo, ima ndowolebeleka,
shule kwe ndalebeleka ukowondidadila zo.
4 Apa imi, kung'on'gola kwangu ndokulingisa ku nthu kene?
Ini ndakafanila kuti ndisipele meya?
5 Mundilinge, mutjename,
mubhate milomo.
6 Andikumbula nge kwako, ndotetema,
anditjina gwangu mbili wangu unotetema koga.
7 Ini babi betjila,
bedzina bekwegula, masimba abo epaphidzika kene?
8 Bana babo bagele baligedzikane mbeli kwabo,
bana be bana babo banokulila mu mesho abo.
9 Ng'umba dzabo dzakabakililika akuna tjinobatjisa,
shamu ye Ndzimu aitobaloba.
10 Nkono uwe unokwiila usina mang'oni
ng'ombe mayi ina luzwalo aitosodza.
11 Banozhulila bana babo se pkhwizi,
ngono bana babo bakatamba tamba.
12 Banomba belidza dzithamborini ne matende
beshathila milidzo ye zwilidzo.
13 Banotjila zwinozipa mazhuba wose,
nge mbakiso banoyenda ku bugalo gwe bafi.
14 Banoti ku Ndzimu, ‘Idwani patili,
atitoyemula kuziba zila dzenyu.
15 Masimbawose ndiani, watingashwa tishingila kene?
Kakale towobuyigwa ngeni atintembezela?’
16 Bonani, kubhudilila kwabo ate kuli mu maboko abo kene?
Gumbuludzo le babi ndomila kule nalo.
17 “Apa ndikangana luvone gwe babi godzimiwa kene?
Apa mbatsha dzabo dzobawila kangana kene?
Apa Ndzimu unosodelusila bushong'ola gwawo mu bali kangana kene?
18 Apa ndikangana betutudziwa se lushanga nge phepo kene,
se bunye gunosengwa nge matutu kene?
19 Moti, ‘Ndzimu unobigila mwana shamu ye nlandu wa tate babe.’
Ndzimu ngaulobe shamu iye wakafanigwa ne lobgwa,
ngauthame uijalo kuti azibe kuti unolobegwa zwibi zwizwe.
20 Ngaabone golomodzo lile nge mesho awe,
ngaang'we bushongola gwa Masimbawose.
21 Ngobe dumbu ini tje nsha uwe tjingan'dziyidza asinokufa,
ha mimwedzi ye bupenyu gugwe ithubugwa kene?
22 Apa nthu ungadiya Ndzimu luzibo kene,
iwo unosumikilisa bamu magalo a pezhugwi kene?
23 Mmwe unofila mukubhudilila kukwe,
aligele akaliga makumbo akabakililika,
24 mbili uwe unokwidzima,
mafupa awe azhele mongo.
25 Mmwe nthu unofa ali mu kuhwa zogwadza,
asatongo labila nzipo we butjilo.
26 Bose banoizedziwa panofanana mu hwuluba,
bejiwa nge hwonyana ngofanana.
27 “Bonani, ndoziba njalakang'wa dzenyu,
ne mikumbulo yenyu kunditanga.
28 Mobhuzwa muti, ‘Ng'umba ye nkololo we bushe ingayi,
nshasha wakabe ugagwa nge babiibi ungayi?’
29 Apa makatongo bhuzwa bapindi be zila kene?
Apa amutoduma zwabanoleba kene?
30 Kuti mbi unotjidziwa mu zhuba le mbatsha
ne kuti unotjidziwa mu zhuba le bushong'ola kene?
31 Ndiani ungambudzilila mbeli kukwe,
kene unontjemelela zwaakathama kene?
32 Ha eyisiwa ku ikumbu,
kobigwa nlindi mu ikumbu tjitje,
33 ne mavu e nkuku anon'zipila,
bathu bose banon'sala shule,
ne bakantungamila abana mbalo.
34 Apa ngono mungandinyaladza nge zwithu zwisina nshingo?
Mu dabilo dzenyu akuna tjamusalila kuzhe kwe kusagalikabgwe koga!”
1 Ipapo Jobe kashandula eti,
2 “Teedzani mu bhulutane matama angu,
etjo nditjo koga tjingabe nyaladzo yangu.
3 Musindinyalile moyo, ima ndowolebeleka,
shule kwe ndalebeleka ukowondidadila zo.
4 Apa imi, kung'on'gola kwangu ndokulingisa ku nthu kene?
Ini ndakafanila kuti ndisipele meya?
5 Mundilinge, mutjename,
mubhate milomo.
6 Andikumbula nge kwako, ndotetema,
anditjina gwangu mbili wangu unotetema koga.
7 Ini babi betjila,
bedzina bekwegula, masimba abo epaphidzika kene?
8 Bana babo bagele baligedzikane mbeli kwabo,
bana be bana babo banokulila mu mesho abo.
9 Ng'umba dzabo dzakabakililika akuna tjinobatjisa,
shamu ye Ndzimu aitobaloba.
10 Nkono uwe unokwiila usina mang'oni
ng'ombe mayi ina luzwalo aitosodza.
11 Banozhulila bana babo se pkhwizi,
ngono bana babo bakatamba tamba.
12 Banomba belidza dzithamborini ne matende
beshathila milidzo ye zwilidzo.
13 Banotjila zwinozipa mazhuba wose,
nge mbakiso banoyenda ku bugalo gwe bafi.
14 Banoti ku Ndzimu, ‘Idwani patili,
atitoyemula kuziba zila dzenyu.
15 Masimbawose ndiani, watingashwa tishingila kene?
Kakale towobuyigwa ngeni atintembezela?’
16 Bonani, kubhudilila kwabo ate kuli mu maboko abo kene?
Gumbuludzo le babi ndomila kule nalo.
17 “Apa ndikangana luvone gwe babi godzimiwa kene?
Apa mbatsha dzabo dzobawila kangana kene?
Apa Ndzimu unosodelusila bushong'ola gwawo mu bali kangana kene?
18 Apa ndikangana betutudziwa se lushanga nge phepo kene,
se bunye gunosengwa nge matutu kene?
19 Moti, ‘Ndzimu unobigila mwana shamu ye nlandu wa tate babe.’
Ndzimu ngaulobe shamu iye wakafanigwa ne lobgwa,
ngauthame uijalo kuti azibe kuti unolobegwa zwibi zwizwe.
20 Ngaabone golomodzo lile nge mesho awe,
ngaang'we bushongola gwa Masimbawose.
21 Ngobe dumbu ini tje nsha uwe tjingan'dziyidza asinokufa,
ha mimwedzi ye bupenyu gugwe ithubugwa kene?
22 Apa nthu ungadiya Ndzimu luzibo kene,
iwo unosumikilisa bamu magalo a pezhugwi kene?
23 Mmwe unofila mukubhudilila kukwe,
aligele akaliga makumbo akabakililika,
24 mbili uwe unokwidzima,
mafupa awe azhele mongo.
25 Mmwe nthu unofa ali mu kuhwa zogwadza,
asatongo labila nzipo we butjilo.
26 Bose banoizedziwa panofanana mu hwuluba,
bejiwa nge hwonyana ngofanana.
27 “Bonani, ndoziba njalakang'wa dzenyu,
ne mikumbulo yenyu kunditanga.
28 Mobhuzwa muti, ‘Ng'umba ye nkololo we bushe ingayi,
nshasha wakabe ugagwa nge babiibi ungayi?’
29 Apa makatongo bhuzwa bapindi be zila kene?
Apa amutoduma zwabanoleba kene?
30 Kuti mbi unotjidziwa mu zhuba le mbatsha
ne kuti unotjidziwa mu zhuba le bushong'ola kene?
31 Ndiani ungambudzilila mbeli kukwe,
kene unontjemelela zwaakathama kene?
32 Ha eyisiwa ku ikumbu,
kobigwa nlindi mu ikumbu tjitje,
33 ne mavu e nkuku anon'zipila,
bathu bose banon'sala shule,
ne bakantungamila abana mbalo.
34 Apa ngono mungandinyaladza nge zwithu zwisina nshingo?
Mu dabilo dzenyu akuna tjamusalila kuzhe kwe kusagalikabgwe koga!”